 Three of the pumps, however, were kept going, and at nine o'clock the ship righted ; but the leak had gained upon us so considerably, that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock HORRORS OP SHIPWRECK.  Cook's voyages of discovery, ed. by J. Barrow - Seite 120von James Cook - 1904 - 417 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1775 - 674 Seiten
...fhip not as an earneft of deliverance, but as an event that would probably precipitate our deftru&ion. We well knew that our' boats were not capable of carrying us all on more, and that when the dreadful crib's fhould arrive, as all command and fubordination would be at... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1813 - 368 Seiten
...be supported by the rock : this was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated the floating.of the ship not as an earnest of deliverance, but as...boats were not capable of carrying us all on shore, ami that when the dreadful crisis should arrive, as all command and subordination would be at an end,... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock : This was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated...of deliverance, but as an event that would probably precipitateour destruction. We well knew that our boats were not capable of carrying us all oa shore,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 Seiten
...that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock : This was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated...carrying us all on shore, and that when the dreadful Ful crisis should arrive, as all command and subordination would be at an end, a contest for preference... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 Seiten
...that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock : This was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated...that our boats were not capable of carrying us all OH shore, and that when the dreadful fbl crisis should arrive, as all command and subordination would... | |
 | 1815 - 476 Seiten
...as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock: so that the floating of the ship was anticipated, not as an earnest of deliverance, but as an event that would probably precipitate the destruction of all on board. The boats were not capable of carrying all on shore, and when the... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 Seiten
...it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock : Tuis was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated...carrying us all on shore, and that when the dreadful fiil crisis should arrive, as all command and subordination would be at an end, a contest for preference... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 Seiten
...supported by the rock. This was a dreadful circumstance, m¿ that we anticipated time floating of time ship not as an earnest of deliverance, but as an event...that our boats were not capable of carrying us all on simore, and timat wlmen the dreadful crisis simould arrive, as all command and subordination would... | |
 | Roderick Flanagan - 1862 - 628 Seiten
...rise, but the leak increased at the same time to such an extent, that all on board began to regard the floating of the ship not as an earnest of deliverance, but as an event that would probably precipitate their destruction. Between ten and eleven o'clock, however, the ship floating as the tide rose, the... | |
 | Henry Stuart Russell - 1888 - 652 Seiten
...considerably that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock. This was a dreadful circumstance, so that we anticipated...event that would probably precipitate our destruction. . . . To those only who have waited in a state of such suspense death has approached in all its terrors.... | |
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